Rocket explodes during test flight; no injuries

Published August 23, 2014 1:46am ET



MCGREGOR, Texas (AP) — An unmanned SpaceX rocket self-destructed shortly after launching on a test flight at a Central Texas development site, the company said Friday.

Nobody was injured in the afternoon explosion at the test site in McGregor, Texas, 23 miles southeast of Waco.

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